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Cindy McCain's $300,000 Outfit -- Elitist?
Vanity Fair tallied up the cost of Cindy McCain's outfit on her night at the GOP convention:
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000-$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100
Vanity Fair knows about these things, so we trust 'em. Of course, when it comes to measuring elitism, what's a $300,000 outfit compared to ... whatever it is that's supposed to be elitist about the Obamas?
And besides, POW POW POW.
( Via HuffPo.)
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And that's--that's not change we can believe in!
September 4, 2008 11:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
Also:
September 4, 2008 11:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
Oops. Let me try again:
There we go.
September 4, 2008 11:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, Runaway Horses, for 5 1/2 years McCain couldn't see his then wife in her fashions because his then wife was Carol, probably dressing from the PX misses department.
Cindy was probably still in her princess of the rodeo barrel racing costume, and I bet it sure was purty.
September 4, 2008 11:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
When John McCain was taken prisoner, Cindy Hensley was 13 years old.
September 4, 2008 12:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain dumped the who waited for him while he was away, for a rich woman who could dress him as needed to be dressed.
Now that's Change John McCain can believe in.
September 4, 2008 12:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Everyone NEEDS to go and see this now ...
http://deadspin.com/5045284/you-can-take-our-sarah-palin-videos-but-youll-never-take-our-freedom
September 4, 2008 1:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
thanks! that made my day.
September 4, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow... $300,000 and she still looks like that?
September 4, 2008 1:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's certainly not chump change.
September 4, 2008 2:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, I know these things too and they are very correct - in fact they've probably undervalued it.
September 4, 2008 11:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
Sexist!
September 4, 2008 11:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
I don't know, I wonder how much her haircut was? (wasn't this mundane topic one of the things that did Edwards in?? (thankfully, it turns out)
September 4, 2008 3:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is anyone seeing avatars, as I am not........
September 4, 2008 12:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
I imagine the avatars are turned off because of the increased server traffic with everything going on these past few days. Don't know for certain just making an educated guess.
btw, I ADORE your avatar (when they're turned on, of course!).
September 4, 2008 12:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks !
September 4, 2008 1:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ick. That mustard yellow, turned up collar is SO Marquis de Stepford...
It's almost as bad as that jacket Hillary wore...but way more expensive.
Bless her heart...she got ripped off!
September 4, 2008 1:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ick. That mustard yellow, turned up collar is SO Marquis de Stepford...
It's almost as bad as that jacket Hillary wore...but way more expensive.
Bless her heart...she got ripped off!
September 4, 2008 1:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cost of demonstrating herself to seem like a Stepford Wife (alongside Michelle Obama's charm): priceless.
September 4, 2008 11:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
It sounds like if she were a regular American a bank may be threatening to foreclose on her outfit.
We shouldn't be mad at her for being rich, it is not like she didn't earn her money. After all, she had to be born, we all remember how hard that was.
September 4, 2008 11:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you for making last night's anger disappear in a howl of laughter!
That's great ...
September 4, 2008 1:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
The shoes alone probably cost more in the neighborhood of between $800 and $1200.
If they are Christian Louboutin or Jimmy Choo - those shoes cost well over $1000.
If they were Chanel shoes - $2000.
September 4, 2008 11:42 AM | Reply | Permalink
Christian Louboutins have red soles, so we can rule that out. Although Republican red would be a nice touch.
September 4, 2008 11:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
I didn't see the soles -
I have no idea who made the shoes - I just know what they cost these days. I can't afford them. If I get shoes like that it's after they've marked down 4 times. I bought some at Christmas marked down 4 times - Christian Louboutin - and they were still more than I should have paid - $400.
I do that once a decade. The rest of the time if I want couture I buy used. That's all I can afford and I can't even afford used have the time.
Only the really stupid rich can dress like that these days.
September 4, 2008 12:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
You didn't look into their eyes...
September 4, 2008 12:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good one.
September 4, 2008 12:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL, she does look more classy than Terese Heinz-Kerry that's for sure.
September 4, 2008 11:42 AM | Reply | Permalink
That'll be the day.
With the bad bleach, the face that doesn't move - she doesn't look like a real woman, let alone anything at all like Teresa Heinz-Kerry, who doesn't have bad bleached hair and an immobile face.
Please.
September 4, 2008 11:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe, but Michelle Obama blows her Botox-ed ass out of the water.
At least compare apples with apples, Lalo.
September 4, 2008 11:49 AM | Reply | Permalink
Can somebody please Photoshop this image togther? I'm dying here!
September 4, 2008 11:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
at least we can now gauge your taste in women...lalo...LOL
September 4, 2008 11:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
And much hotter than Barbara Bush!
September 4, 2008 12:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Her outfit nearly cost more than my freakin' house.
And I realize that was a horribly sexist attack on Cindy McCain and I apologize to the RNC.
September 4, 2008 11:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
The McCains own houses that cost less than her costume.
September 4, 2008 12:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Non-story. Read the fine print of the article, which states that the prices are only estimates.
Let's keep our eyes on the big picture - a McCain/Palin administration will just mean more of the same 'ol Washington (as reflected by the ad hominem, mean-spirited attacks Palin unleased on Obama in front of a rabid Republican crowd).
September 4, 2008 11:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
Does every blog post have to be the Pentagon Papers?
September 4, 2008 11:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
Of course not, it's much more fun being the "progressive" version of National Enquirer. Sex Lies and Scandal galore.
September 4, 2008 11:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
You are playing up the fact the a few are harping on the family, pregnancy and whatever other irrelevant issues. Point is, Obama is not focusing on it, and neither is the campaign. They have their eyes on the ball.
http://www.samefacts.com/archives/campaign_2008_/2008/09/palin_v_reality.php
So keep throwing stones like always, trying to paint us all as nasty and spiteful, whatever. Guilt by assocaition didn't work for you work when you supported Hillary, and it won't work now when you are supporting....chaos, or whatever your agenda is.
September 4, 2008 12:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sometimes girls just wanna have fun!
September 4, 2008 12:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Historical snark! I love it...
September 4, 2008 12:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Historical snark! I love it...
September 4, 2008 12:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dorn 76 writes: "Does every blog post have to be the Pentagon Papers?"
I hear you that it is important to vent every once in a while. However, when our fun is based on shaky evidence, I become concerned that a serious claim against McCain, Palin, et al, will be dismissed as "just the usual carping within the liberal blogosphere."
That being said, here are some subjects over which I think we can legitimately vent and have fun:
- McCain's multiple houses;
- the campaign's liberal POW sprinkling;
Apologies that I am wet blanketing some of you.
September 4, 2008 12:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, please. It's not as though the $300,000 outfit is the issue on which the election should turn (even though John McCain says this election "is not about the issues). But it's totally fair game to point out that the "candidate of the people" owns how many? ummm ... seven? homes, and his wife wears outfits that cost more than the homes of those "small-town Americans" his VP is courting. And the Obamas are elitist?
Besides, it's fun.
September 4, 2008 2:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
O damn it - I'm having fun - they showed such utter contempt for me and all America women that I intend to mock those women for all I'm worth!
September 4, 2008 11:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
This is just fun, lighten up!
September 4, 2008 11:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, spare us, going to town on Sarah Palin's hair, lipliner and gloss is going to be the best part of this campaign.
September 4, 2008 11:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
Absolutely!
That hair - those glasses - she wants to be vice president?
Please! It's the worst joke anyone has ever tried to pull on American women.
She drags that family around like it was a sideshow. It's trailertrash city, dammit.
Tonya Harding Land.
September 4, 2008 12:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lalo I am no fan of THK, however, at least she doesnt look like a recycled piece of plastic that should really avoid open flame
September 4, 2008 11:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe she spent more than Cindy on her face?
September 4, 2008 12:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Late Night With Sarah,
Or what do you get when you put lipstick on a Barracuda?
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/09/late-night-with-sarah-palin-or.php
Great late night show remarks about our Half Baked Alaska VP nominee.
Click it on up. YUP! YUP!
September 4, 2008 11:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hey!! She's just making up for those five-and-half years she spent in rags at the Hanoi Hilton!
September 4, 2008 11:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, you guys cut it out. There is nothing wrong with being rich. Cindy got that wealth from hard work, and now she deserves to enjoy the American dream.
...
I'm kidding, of course. Even a camel as skinny as she is won't fit through the eye of a needle.
September 4, 2008 11:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
But you raise a good point. When Republicans comment about a Democrat's socioeconomic status, they're just pointing out how elitist the Democrat is. When a Democrat makes the same comment about a Republican, the Democrat is engaging in class warfare.
September 4, 2008 3:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
POW POW POW.
September 4, 2008 11:49 AM | Reply | Permalink
I can't even afford a house like that on my current salary. :-(
September 4, 2008 11:49 AM | Reply | Permalink
Social X-ray - that's what those scrawny women are called.
I should watch out - I'm naturally thin. But god I hope I don't get scrawny like that - jesus.
September 4, 2008 11:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
The best part of Cindy McCain last night was when she petted Palin's newborn like a cat. So awkward.
http://pufferfish.typepad.com/
September 4, 2008 11:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, if she likes cats -- more specifically, if cats like her -- I'd think better of her.
September 4, 2008 12:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
That would buy a lot of bootstraps
September 4, 2008 11:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
Touché! Well said, jweb!
September 4, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gives new meaning to Rapture Ready!
September 4, 2008 11:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
Cindy looked like a Botoxed, overaged Glinda the Good Witch in that get-up. I'm surprised she didn't arrive in a bubble, waving a wand.
And did you see her hair at the airport photo-op yesterday? Jesus, I sound like Caroline Bingley talking about, well, not Elizabeth Bennet, that's for sure.
September 4, 2008 11:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
O - I likes it!
When is Cindy McLame going to grow up? She is not a girl anymore -
September 4, 2008 11:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
hilarious
September 4, 2008 12:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama's spokesperson asked last night for contributions of $5 - $10, so if you can, that would be great. It might pay for Cindy McCain's one shoe or something in comparison.
https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/dncd4p1?source=mainnav
September 4, 2008 11:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
That was Cindy McCain?
PHEWWWW!!!
I thought that was Cruella Deville!
http://www.chblog.ch/uploads/c/coriammi/9728.jpg
September 4, 2008 11:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, her dress cost 10 years of salary for me, before taxes. Congratulations Cindy!
September 4, 2008 11:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
ThIS iS EXCELANT NEwZ 4...
DEBEERS!!11!!!1
http://www.debeers.com/page/home
September 4, 2008 11:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
I know! And you can't even see the earrings!
September 4, 2008 12:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
I bet you Cindy is jealous now that she's been dethroned as fairest of them all.
September 4, 2008 12:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
O yeah - ooooooooooo yeah.
That dynamic is going to be a hoot!!!!!
September 4, 2008 12:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Republican candidate John McCain said on Wednesday that if elected president, he will capture al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden."
So, my question is, shall it remain a "secret" he is saving should he win the election, and if he is putting country first, will he share his secret? What a crock of shit.
September 4, 2008 12:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
FYI: McCain added:
"President Clinton had opportunities to get Osama bin Laden. President Bush had opportunities to get Osama bin Laden. I know how to do it and I'll do it," he told ABC's "World News" in an interview.
September 4, 2008 12:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
And he'll tell us how just as soon as you elect him!
September 4, 2008 12:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
So basically he's been sitting on Old John's Secret Recipe To Catch Osama Bin Laden since before 9/11. Am I interpreting his bullshit right?
September 4, 2008 12:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
That is how he is presenting it, yes.
September 4, 2008 12:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
laughable!!! I couldn't believe this shit when I read it. He has had SEVERAL YEARS to assist in catching Osama and nothing has changed. Yet, this is the same 72 year old man that claims he knows how to win wars. The same 72 year old man that says he supported the war and "the surge is working" Straight bullshit!!
Please, I beg of you that are leaning or undecided in voting for Obama...TO vote Obama/Biden 08. Can't expect to do the same bullshit for another 4 years and expect different results.
September 4, 2008 1:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
hilarious
September 4, 2008 12:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Stop the class warfare! Don't you know her father worked hard for that money?
September 4, 2008 12:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
And does Governor Palin have to stick her tongue out and bite it like that all the time? Oh so cute! Ugh! Both of those women are really frightening. I enjoy buying my clothes at the biweekly ten cent sale in White River. It's amazing what you can find.
September 4, 2008 12:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
I know - that really gets me. I want a Veep who puts the tip of her tongue between her teeth all the time.
Quit flirting, Sarah - you aren't running for Ms Alaska this time.
Jesus wept.
September 4, 2008 12:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
I know - that really gets me. I want a Veep who puts the tip of her tongue between her teeth all the time.
Quit flirting, Sarah - you aren't running for Ms Alaska this time.
Jesus wept.
September 4, 2008 12:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
I know - that really gets me. I want a Veep who puts the tip of her tongue between her teeth all the time.
Quit flirting, Sarah - you aren't running for Ms Alaska this time.
Jesus wept.
September 4, 2008 12:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cindy McCain's $300,000 outfit vs. Obama's AMERICAN UNION-MADE SUIT:
http://www.journal-topics.com/business/08/biz080903.9.html
"When Barack Obama picked out what to wear to accept the Democratic nomination in Denver last week, he found Des Plaines suited him best.
Obama wore a dark blue single-breasted suit, made in Des Plaines by Unite Here union workers at the Hart Schaffner plant on Touhy Avenue.
Union spokesman Joe Costigan told the Journal that 500 union workers are employed at the Des Plaines textile plant and are all extremely proud to be part of this historical event.
"They are proud of the fact that they had a small piece of history on the day Barack Obama accepted the presidential nomination," said Costigan."
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/desplaines/news/1135605,dp-hartsobama-082908-s1.article
September 4, 2008 12:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cindy McCain's $300,000 outfit vs. Obama's AMERICAN UNION-MADE SUIT:
http://www.journal-topics.com/business/08/biz080903.9.html
"When Barack Obama picked out what to wear to accept the Democratic nomination in Denver last week, he found Des Plaines suited him best.
Obama wore a dark blue single-breasted suit, made in Des Plaines by Unite Here union workers at the Hart Schaffner plant on Touhy Avenue.
Union spokesman Joe Costigan told the Journal that 500 union workers are employed at the Des Plaines textile plant and are all extremely proud to be part of this historical event.
"They are proud of the fact that they had a small piece of history on the day Barack Obama accepted the presidential nomination," said Costigan."
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/desplaines/news/1135605,dp-hartsobama-082908-s1.article
September 4, 2008 12:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cindy McCain's $300,000 outfit vs. Obama's AMERICAN UNION-MADE SUIT:
http://www.journal-topics.com/business/08/biz080903.9.html
"When Barack Obama picked out what to wear to accept the Democratic nomination in Denver last week, he found Des Plaines suited him best.
Obama wore a dark blue single-breasted suit, made in Des Plaines by Unite Here union workers at the Hart Schaffner plant on Touhy Avenue.
Union spokesman Joe Costigan told the Journal that 500 union workers are employed at the Des Plaines textile plant and are all extremely proud to be part of this historical event.
"They are proud of the fact that they had a small piece of history on the day Barack Obama accepted the presidential nomination," said Costigan."
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/desplaines/news/1135605,dp-hartsobama-082908-s1.article
September 4, 2008 12:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nice find, even with the multiple posts.
September 4, 2008 2:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Remember that costume designer who claimed her Oscar in a dress made out of gold AMEX cards? We need to have somebody design a dress for Cindy made out of Bud cans. Her glass slippers can be Bud bottles. The Clydesdales can draw her pumpkin, I mean her coach.
September 4, 2008 12:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was just at a gathering where the ladies (and some of the dudes) were talking about how to sew hats out of yarn and beer cans. That's what we do in small-town, hockey-loving (go Red Wings) America, make clothing out of recycled material. It's just practice for the Great Depression II (Long Emergency) we'll face if McCain is elected.
September 4, 2008 12:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Duct Tape ball gowns for the Inaugural Balls! How very small town working class!
September 4, 2008 12:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
woops. sorry about the multiple posts.
September 4, 2008 12:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
woops. sorry about the multiple posts.
September 4, 2008 12:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tena, you can see the soles of Cindy's shoes (you'd think they'd be diamonds on the soles of her shoes) on the Vanity Fair page. Cream.
If he's elected, though, I wouldn't be surprised if she went for CL, what the hell. Wonder if she'll take Sarah and the girls shopping.
September 4, 2008 12:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oooo - I didn't look at the Vanity Fair page - d'uh!
September 4, 2008 12:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
- I didn't look at the Vanity Fair page - d'uh!
September 4, 2008 12:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey what about Palin's dapper silk suit?! How much did that cost?! Jeez all of us are so nuts sitting here discussing how expensive their clothes are... Can't resist taking a shot though :)
September 4, 2008 12:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
IT's not nuts - you know why? Because they all tried to paint themselves as populists - especially Sarah.
It matters that they are hypocrites.
Can't y'all see that? Hypocrisy is a more than fair target - Always.
September 4, 2008 12:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
IT's not nuts - you know why? Because they all tried to paint themselves as populists - especially Sarah.
It matters that they are hypocrites.
Can't y'all see that? Hypocrisy is a more than fair target - Always.
September 4, 2008 12:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Unfortunately, members of the plutocrat/theocrat party are born with a strong natural resistance to the recognition of hypocracy.
September 4, 2008 1:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Greg, I think we need a whole new sub-blog, the TPMLiberalSalon, where we get to critique hair and fashion throughout the campaign.
Think about it.
September 4, 2008 12:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
That would make me the happiest woman ever. I have a total hate on for the Barbie Duo, also known as the Barbie No-Value Bonus Set.
September 4, 2008 12:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
That would make me the happiest woman ever. I have a total hate on for the Barbie Duo, also known as the Barbie No-Value Bonus Set.
September 4, 2008 12:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Or maybe we could call it TPMBitchWatch. They're the bitches, and so are we.
September 4, 2008 12:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
$300,000 outfit while people are losing their homes due to McBush deregulation???
Sorry, this IS a legit issue. This is Marie Antoinette territory.
September 4, 2008 12:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
I didn't mean to imply that this isn't a legitimate issue, just that it would be the most awesome and fun line of attack ever, and a perma-thread to criticize their golden threads would be just hte ticket.
September 4, 2008 12:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
I see.
September 4, 2008 2:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Of course, here in New York City, everyone disses obsessively about such things, unapologetically. During the Katherine Harris era things got vicious. A lot of fun.
September 4, 2008 3:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
I didn't know Appalachia reached as far north as Alaska,,,,,,,,, is no one in the GOP lime light not treller trash ??
September 4, 2008 12:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
John Sydney McCain III has been unmasked:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxrPGFjOUYI
September 4, 2008 12:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cindy McCain is in line to become the Imelda Marcos of American Politics - and you can finish the thought . .
I wonder how this works into an AD?
September 4, 2008 12:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
John Sydney McCain III has been unmasked:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxrPGFjOUYI
September 4, 2008 12:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
This thread transcends snarky: it's downright catty. When the conversation turns to malicious criticism of clothing, then the Philistines have won the anti-intellectual battle.
September 4, 2008 12:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
No mention of the armed services pin she always wears. I'll be the bling isn't rhinestones.
September 4, 2008 12:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, isn't Chanel kinda, you know, French???
September 4, 2008 1:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
GOP 2004: veterans are losers, it is OK to trash them!
GOP 2008: veretans are heroes, let’s elect them!
GOP 1996: extramarital sex is a horrible SIN!
GOP 2008: extramarital sex is OK if one of ours is doing it.
GOP 2008: Obama is an elitist out of touch with the common people!
GOP 2008: Cinty and John McCain are worth $100,000,000.00 and is very in touch with the common people.
They just can’t possibly believe that GOD actually exists, otherwise they would be too scared of HIM making these flip-flops on moral issues.
September 4, 2008 1:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
GOP 2004: veterans are losers, it is OK to trash them!
GOP 2008: veretans are heroes, let’s elect them!
GOP 1996: extramarital sex is a horrible SIN!
GOP 2008: extramarital sex is OK if one of ours is doing it.
GOP 2008: Obama is an elitist out of touch with the common people!
GOP 2008: Cinty and John McCain are worth $100,000,000.00 and is very in touch with the common people.
They just can’t possibly believe that GOD actually exists, otherwise they would be too scared of HIM making these flip-flops on moral issues.
September 4, 2008 1:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry if this is a double-post - dreaded server error. Anyway, everyone absolutely needs to go see this now.
I mean it. Big 80s hair has a way of being funny no matter what!
http://deadspin.com/5045284/you-can-take-our-sarah-palin-videos-but-youll-never-take-our-freedom
September 4, 2008 1:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Look - in my opinion, the worst thing ANYONE can do is try to anticipate what the other side will say about what you say.
That's what leads to paralysis of a campaign and losing.
Just say the truth - and to hell with a reaction.
Seriously.
September 4, 2008 1:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, she looked pretty fab. I mean it.
September 4, 2008 1:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Look - in my opinion, the worst thing ANYONE can do is try to anticipate what the other side will say about what you say.
That's what leads to paralysis of a campaign and losing.
Just say the truth - and to hell with a reaction.
Seriously.
September 4, 2008 1:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry, Republicans, it actually does matter that she was wearing a 300,000 outfit. This election is about who is going to help out normal folks who can't make ends meet. The McCains have never been normal folks, and they have no conception of not making ends meet.
[Also, POW, POW, POW.]
September 4, 2008 1:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
laughable!!! I couldn't believe this shit when I read it. He has had SEVERAL YEARS to assist in catching Osama and nothing has changed. Yet, this is the same 72 year old man that claims he knows how to win wars. The same 72 year old man that says he supported the war and "the surge is working" Straight bullshit!!
Please, I beg of you that are leaning or undecided in voting for Obama...TO vote Obama/Biden 08. Can't expect to do the same bullshit for another 4 years and expect different results.
September 4, 2008 2:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
laughable!!! I couldn't believe this shit when I read it. He has had SEVERAL YEARS to assist in catching Osama and nothing has changed. Yet, this is the same 72 year old man that claims he knows how to win wars. The same 72 year old man that says he supported the war and "the surge is working" Straight bullshit!!
Please, I beg of you that are leaning or undecided in voting for Obama...TO vote Obama/Biden 08. Can't expect to do the same bullshit for another 4 years and expect different results.
September 4, 2008 2:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
What's with that mustard outfit? Is she trying to comment ironically on the fact that her husband "can't cut the mustard anymore"? Is she trying to be Vampirella de la Moutarde??? The best you can say about it is that the chemise or top looks pretty much exactly like a Poiret outfit circa 1914.
And what's with the bangs and the long hunk of twisty spit-curl hanging down on one side? She looks like she's a porn actress for Vivid Video, done up and sluttified by the make-up artists in preparation for her next anal adventure.
September 4, 2008 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cindy Hensley McCain's father was a wealthy man when he was married with one daughter.
According to the AP: "Hensley was still married to his first wife when he met Marguerite Smith, who would become his second wife and Cindy McCain’s mother, NPR said. Hensley divorced his first wife and married Smith in 1945."
Cindy McCain refuses to acknowledge this sister, to whom their father willed $10,000 and tuition for her children to go to college. Cindy was left millions and millions.
Interesting, isn't it, that Cindy then marries a man who leaves his wife for her, the younger, blonder, thinner and - don't forget - richer version. Good for his political career. If that isn't a fine example of family values and service to country, I don't know what is.
September 4, 2008 2:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
$300,000 is a serious chunk of change.
September 4, 2008 2:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
this is a must see:
jon stewart last night
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=Sarah-Palin-Gender-Card
September 4, 2008 2:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
this is a must see:
jon stewart last night
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=Sarah-Palin-Gender-Card
September 4, 2008 2:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
You should bump the number up to $500,000 - $600,000. No one mentioned the diamond NAVY / USMC broach she was wearing last night. Take a look. You could feed an African nation if you sold it.
September 4, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
The median price for a home in the U.S. is $247,800.
In short, what Cindy McCain wears costs over $60,000 more than what most homeowners live in.
September 4, 2008 3:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
The median price for a home in the U.S. is $247,800.
In short, what Cindy McCain wears costs over $60,000 more than what most homeowners live in.
September 4, 2008 3:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
How much does she spend on Botox, make up artists, hair stylists - This could easily add $$$.
And then there is her Lexus with the vanity plates "MS Beer". NY Times did a "little" piece on her, on the front page a few weeks ago - but it was on a Saturday:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/us/politics/23mccain.html
I can't wait for Keith Olbermann and others to get on this next week - Maybe Friday even - And Stewart and Colbert.
I wonder how much money the Obama campaign and DNC are raising just this week - I would think they would get quite a nice bounce in fund-raising just as a result of the utter idiocy of the rep convention.
September 4, 2008 3:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
And this was just one night - What's the tab for the whole week? $1 million maybe between the two of them???
September 4, 2008 3:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
The median price for a home in the U.S. is $247,800.
In short, what Cindy McCain wears costs over $50,000 more than what most homeowners live in.
September 4, 2008 3:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Her Chanel watch costs $12,000. Cindy does not wear a fake, she married one.
September 4, 2008 3:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
All the money in the world can't buy good taste.
September 4, 2008 7:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
What about her handbag? She must have had one and designer bags can cost $8,000 or more.
I just did a huge painting of designer bags etc. so I am interested.
September 4, 2008 8:08 PM | Reply | Permalink